Shred, wipe, secure erase, sanitize

Lounge EndeavourOS pub
22

is M2 pcie? I think that is the slot it s plugged in to.

23

M.2 looks like this.

image
image1110×470 35.2 KB

Check in your Dell’s BIOS for an SSD secure erase feature.

1 Like
24

This sounds like the most practical solution!

image

image
image800×429 65.1 KB

2 Likes
25

My Samsung has a software utility that will return the nvme to “factory”.

26

Samsungs (among others), are Self Encrypting Drives (SED).

These use in-device encryption so resetting them to a factory state is in part, a matter of cycling the encryption keys so all prior data simply becomes inaccessible. A cryptographic erase.

I believe many BIOS’ with a wipe feature, will provide this method of erasure for supported drives. Whether the Dell XPS’ SSD is one such drive… :man_shrugging:

1 Like
27

That s interesting. I was thinking of a Linux solution. I did not consider that the laptop had the solution already. Thanks :slightly_smiling_face:

Edit: I just looked in the bios, and the wipe feature is in fact there. Looks like I m in like Flint :smiling_face_with_sunglasses:

1 Like
28

Thanks for marking my post as solution but the credit should go to @Bink for pointing it out in the post above mine.

Anyways, good to hear that you found a satisfactory solution!

1 Like
29

I think it would be great after you Erase, Re-Partition and exterminated all data. That you reload the old system with EOS Purple to demo and help the next guy explore a great system?

IMHO :wink:

2 Likes
30

This topic was automatically closed 2 days after the last reply. New replies are no longer allowed.